Tennis LIVE: Sinner dominates Alcaraz after Djokovic retirement

Tennis LIVE: Jannik Sinner dominates Carlos Alcaraz as Novak Djokovic suddenly retires

John Isner has been criticised after his comments on Emma Raducanu and Valentin Vacherot, while Carlos Alcaraz prepares for another match-up vs Jannik Sinner.

Carlos Alcaraz and Jannik Sinner will once again face each other in the final of a tournament today in the final of the Six Kings Slam exhibition tournament in Saudi Arabia. It was Sinner who came out victorious in the meeting between the two at the same stage last year, with Alcaraz looking for revenge.

The third place play-off will also take place on Saturday with Novak Djokovic taking on American Taylor Fritz. Djokovic lost to Sinner in his semi-final, while Alcaraz beat Fritz.

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Away from matters in Saudi Arabia, former world No.8 John Isner has had some backlash from fans after his comments on Emma Raducanu's US open victory and Valentin Vacherot's shock Shanghai Masters win earlier this month. Stay tuned with Express Sport for all of the latest news on the above topics and much more!

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KEY EVENTS

Fritz takes tiebreaker and Djokovic retires19:08

18 mins ago21:12 Matthew Abbott

Sinner's Six Kings Slam dominance

Jannik Sinner wins $6million (£4.47m) as Six Kings Slam champion, the same amount he took home 12 months ago. That means he has won $12million for playing a total of six matches across eight days in the last 12 months (H/T Chris Oddo).

30 mins ago21:00 Matthew Abbott

Sinner makes light work of Alcaraz to exact US Open revenge

Jannik Sinner beats Carlos Alcaraz 6-2, 6-4 to win the Six Kings Slam. A dominant display from start to finish from the Italian.

35 mins ago20:55 Matthew Abbott

Alcaraz is just about holding on but Sinner looks inevitable

Jannik Sinner is one good service game away from retaining the Six Kings Slam. Carlos Alcaraz has improved from the first set, but the Italian is looking unstoppable tonight.

Alcaraz 4-5 Sinner

1 hour ago20:30 Matthew Abbott

Alcaraz advice paying off in second set

Carlos Alcaraz's coach Juan Carlos Ferrero said to Netflix (H/T Jose Morgado):

I'm gonna tell Carlos to try to make him play a bit more, 3 or 4 balls. Jannik is being very aggressive and conditions are very fast; Sinner is playing so fast.

The Spaniard has held his first two service games of the second.

Alcaraz 2-1 Sinner

1 hour ago20:20 Matthew Abbott

First set Sinner inside 30 minutes

Dominance from Jannik Sinner in the first set, dispatching Carlos Alcaraz inside half an hour, 6-2. So far, it's an emphatic response to losing the US Open final from him.

1 hour ago20:05 Matthew Abbott

Sinner takes 4-1 lead on Alcaraz

Jannik Sinner has moved into a commanding 4-1 lead in this first set against Carlos Alcaraz after again breaking his opponent in the fifth.

Sinner 4-1 Alcaraz

2 hours ago19:51 Matthew Abbott

Sinner breaks Alcaraz in first game

Jannik Sinner won the first three points of the opening game and went on to take the first service game off Carlos Alcaraz.

2 hours ago19:39 Matthew Abbott

More from Djokovic

So, anyway, it was an amazing visit to Riyadh for me once again; I want to thank everybody for really welcoming me. Welcoming me here. This is the third time I'm here in three years, and hopefully, if I keep on going next year, I'll be back if you guys want me here.

Now it's rest and really addressing some of the issues I have with my body, and then, hopefully, playing the last couple of tournaments of the season, let's see.

2 hours ago19:19 Matthew Abbott

Djokovic apologies to crowd after retiring

I want to apologise to everybody, sorry guys, I'm sorry you couldn't see the second set. But credit to Taylor (laughs), I mean, we had some incredible games towards the end of that set, and it was one of the longest sets I've ever played, to be honest.

2 hours ago19:08 Matthew Abbott

Fritz takes tiebreaker and Djokovic retires

Taylor Fritz won the tiebreaker, and Novak Djokovic has now retired from this match, apologising due to being unable to continue for the second set.

3 hours ago18:55 Matthew Abbott

Who knew the third-place match would be this long?

There can be no question about how seriously Novak Djokovic and Taylor Fritz are taking this third-place match. Djokovic has held onto a 16-minute 11th game, neither man has dropped a service game yet.

Djokovic 6-6 Fritz

3 hours ago18:22 Matthew Abbott

Djokovic is holding on against Fritz in this first set

Novak Djokovic and Taylor Fritz are both holding serve thus far through their first eight games, although the American has come close on a couple of occasions to breaking his opponent.

Djokovic 4-4 Fritz

4 hours ago17:51 Matthew Abbott

Djokovic vs Fritz is now underway

Updates to follow from this third-place match between Novak Djokovic and Taylor Fritz now that the introductions are out of the way. Djokovic to serve first.

4 hours ago17:17 Matthew Abbott

It's almost Six Kings Slam time

The Six Kings Slam starts at 5:30pm, with Novak Djokovic taking on Taylor Fritz in this evening's first match for third place. Carlos Alcaraz and Jannik Sinner will then face off once again in the final.

5 hours ago16:16 Matthew Abbott

Djokovic breaks another record

Novak Djokovic has this weekend mathematically qualified for a record 18th ATP Finals, one more than Roger Federer managed. It is, however, only set to be the seven-time champion's 17th appearance, as he was unable to compete after qualifying last year due to injury.

6 hours ago15:51 Matthew Abbott

Humbert through to second final this year

The circumstances were rather fortunate, but Ugo Humbert is through to a second final this season on the ATP Tour. His first was back in February when he won The Open 13 in his native France.

Since then, he had made the semi-finals twice, both during June, first at the Libéma Open, then at Eastbourne. It was thus the third time lucky for the Frenchman today in Stockholm.

6 hours ago15:15 Matthew Abbott

Rune retires and Humbert reaches Nordic Open final

Holger Rune retired during his Nordic Open semi-final against Ugo Humbert after sustaining an injury. The top seed had won the first set 6-4, with the second set 2-2 before the Dane could not continue

7 hours ago14:21 Bruna Reis

Novak Djokovic admits “brutal” truth after Sinner defeat

Novak Djokovic admitted that Jannik Sinner 'kicked my a**' after suffering a heavy defeat to the World No. 2 in the semi-finals of the Six Kings Slam exhibition event in Saudi Arabia.

Sinner has now beaten the 24-time Grand Slam champion in their last five competitive meetings, including straight-sets wins in the semi-finals of both Roland Garros and Wimbledon earlier this season.

Following his semi-final loss to Carlos Alcaraz at last month’s US Open, the 38-year-old Djokovic acknowledged that both Sinner and the World No. 1 are 'too good' over best-of-five sets.

8 hours ago13:37 Bruna Reis

Carlos Alcaraz injury update

"I’ve been recovering the ankle as much and as good as I can,” the Spaniard explained.

"I don’t feel, I would say, 100 per cent, the doubts are there thinking about it a little bit when I’m moving on court.

"But I think it improved a lot and I’m going to compete and perform well here in the Six Kings Slam."

9 hours ago12:55 Bruna Reis

Latest results

Wednesday October 15

Quarter-final 1: Taylor Fritz defeats Alexander Zverev 6-3 6-4

Quarter-final 2: Jannik Sinner defeats Stefanos Tsitsipas 6-2 6-3

Thursday October 16

Semi-final 1: Carlos Alcaraz defeats Taylor Fritz 6-4 6-2

Semi-final 2: Jannik Sinner defeats Novak Djokovic 6-4 6-2

9 hours ago12:08 Bruna Reis

How to watch the Six Kings Slam

The Six Kings Slam will be available to watch on Netflix. It’s not a pay-per-view event and will be accessible to all Netflix subscribers at no extra cost.

When does it start?The event begins at 5:30pm (UK time).

The third-place match will be contested between Taylor Fritz and Novak Djokovic.

The Grand Final, featuring Carlos Alcaraz and Jannik Sinner, is scheduled to start at around 7pm.

10 hours ago11:35 Amie Wilson

Sinner's Alcaraz admission

Jannik Sinner has said that he 'looks up' to rival Carlos Alcaraz ahead of the Six Kings Slam final between the two later today.

“Success will never change me as a person. This is also very important. You need rivalries," Sinner told Netflix.

"You need better players than you. Carlos is an all around player. An incredible talent. We saw this today on court. Drop shots… he can do everything.

“I look up to these guys. I look up to Novak. I look up to Carlos. To have a point where I can say, ‘Okay, it’s very important for me to improve’, this is exactly what motivates me.”

11 hours ago10:46 Amie Wilson

Exciting Jack Draper prediction

Tim Henman has backed fellow Brit Jack Draper to be the one to challenge Carlos Alcaraz and Jannik Sinner, in an exciting prediction for British tennis.

When asked who could be the one to challenge the top two, he told PA news agency:

“The obvious one that I would hope is Jack Draper.

“For the first half of the year he was playing some brilliant tennis and he was in the conversation, he beat Alcaraz in Indian Wells, so it’s frustrating that he’s had this injury problem."

11 hours ago10:31 Amie Wilson

Alcaraz message

It's not just Sinner that took to Instagram following his victory in the Six Kings Slam.

His final opponent Alcaraz also did. It seems he's looking forward to today's match.

11 hours ago10:03 Amie Wilson

Ningbo Open latest

Elena Rybakina has booked her place in the final of the Ningbo Open.

She beat Jasmine Paolini in straight sets in the semi-final 6-2, 6-3.

She will now face either Diana Shnaider or Ekaterina Alecandrova in the final, The second semi-final is due to start at 10.30am.

12 hours ago09:31 Amie Wilson

Sinner message

Jannik Sinner sent a message following his Six Kings Slam semi-final win over Novak Djokovic.

The World no.2 sent a message to his rival and looked ahead to the final against Alcaraz, which will take place today.

13 hours ago08:57 Amie Wilson

Tsitsipas prediction

Stefanos Tsitsipas has predicted that both Carlos Alcaraz will win many more Grand Slams between them over the next few years.

“I will not comment on that (how many Grand Slams Alcaraz and Sinner will win) because I’m not good at forecasting,” he said during the Six Kings Slam.

“I will just say that we will see Carlos and Jannik win many more Major titles. I’m pretty sure they will both collect over ten major crowns by the end of their careers.”

13 hours ago08:30 Amie Wilson

Six Kings Slam schedule

The final of the Six King's Slam will take place today with the match between Jannik Sinner and Carlos Alcaraz scheduled to take place at around 7pm BST.

That time could however change with it taking place after the third-place match between Taylor Fritz and Novak Djokovic which will start at 5pm BST.

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